Word: shaking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...boycotts, petitions, open letters to the community, rallies, pickets--these are disruptive protest measures, but that's the point. They shake up a system that needs to be rattled in order to progress. These methods bring attention to a problem the students feel very strongly about without being violent, destructive to property or even overly rhetorical. The message is simple: We're not going away until you hire more women and minority faculty...
...kind of loss you can learn from technically," Geary said. "I hope it serves as a wake-up call. Not everyone's been taking practices as seriously as they should. This weekend should shake people out of their doldrums. It evidenced a lack of concentration...
...Perot campaign would revolve more around person than policy and would test whether the American voters buy the notion of sending someone with no experience in national government or politics to shake up the way Washington works. (If Perot's candidacy were a movie, the title might be Daddy Warbucks Goes to Washington.) But such speculation is premature: Perot might not run, his record might not survive public scrutiny, he may prove a maladroit campaigner, and his damn-the-torpedoes style may not sit well with voters. Still, the Bush camp, having already survived third-party threats from Buchanan...
Less than two days after that announcement, the Toronto headquarters of Olympia & York lobbed another bombshell by reporting a shake-up of the firm's management. To help confront its bankers, O&Y named a new president to replace Paul Reichmann: Thomas Johnson, 51, the former president of Manufacturers Hanover Trust. As financial advisers, the Reichmanns signed up some well- respected Wall Street names: investment banker James Wolfensohn and Robert S. ("Steve") Miller, who helped engineer the Chrysler bailout 12 years ago. Still, O&Y spokesman Peter Rosenthal stressed that "Paul and Albert remain the primary stockholders...
...escape danger. College is a frightening place, populated with scary papers, teaching fellows and midterms. Toys make us feel safer. If we fear failure on a test, we consult the Magic 8-Ball on our prospects. If it gives an unacceptable answer, we shake it up and try again. Soon it guarantees us that we'll pass with no problem whatsoever. It's good to control your own fate...